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A Red-necked Green Bird By Ambai. (Amazon Photo)

A telling account of how real women feel, imperfectly rendered in...

The slim volume is valuable in that it draws readers into the world of Tamil writing of which they would otherwise be...

22 Jan 2022 6:31 PM IST

Bangladesh War: Report from Ground Zero By Manash Ghosh. (Amazon Photo)

A ringside view of how a new nation was born amid flames

It is not always that a journalist gets a chance to be part of history in the making

22 Jan 2022 6:18 PM IST

Kalamkari art by AP artist to be on display at Rajpath on Republic Day

Kalamkari art by AP artist to be on display at Rajpath on Republic Day

The art form created by artist Sudheer from Srikalahasthi in Andhra Pradesh will be on the scroll

21 Jan 2022 11:55 PM IST

Fewer in numbers, the modern Haridasulu have printed QR codes on their tamburas and collecting alms from people this year. (DC Image)

No cash ready to pay Haridasulu? Pay via app!

Haridasulu have opted for modern touches, shedding tradition and using digital devices and mopeds

17 Jan 2022 10:02 AM IST

Angelou, who delivered the poem at former President Bill Clintons first inauguration, died in 2014. (AFP photo)

Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin

The quarter has for the last 90 years shown the nation-'s first president, George Washington, on one side and an eagle...

11 Jan 2022 4:14 PM IST

Madam Prime Minister By Seema Goswami. (Amazon)

Unputdownable political thriller that is funny & all too familiar

Madam Prime Minister is a racy novel with political games, scandals, and a bit of romance thrown in

9 Jan 2022 1:30 AM IST

Making India Great Again: Learning from Our History By Meeta and Rajivlochan. (Amazon)

Did careless governance plus bad work ethic cause Indiaâ€™s economic...

The opening pages of the book argue that India was always rich. Certainly it was

9 Jan 2022 1:24 AM IST

Tales of The Lion: How Jaisimha thrilled, spilled and swashbuckled

Tales of The Lion': How Jaisimha thrilled, spilled and swashbuckled

Our cricketing icons of that period turned out in sparkling whites for India, not for pelf or power but for the sheer...

9 Jan 2022 1:12 AM IST

Crafting a Future: Stories of Indian Textiles and Sustainable Practices By Archana Shah. (Amazon)

Book review | Scholarly tribute to our artisans and their textiles

The section on fashion links the relevance of the hand crafted tradition to environmental concerns and sustainability

2 Jan 2022 11:53 AM IST

over image of Robert Jordans book The Eye of the World: Wheel of Time.

Book Review | Robert Jordanâ€™s pen is mightier than camera

Hachette India republished the book to coincide with streaming of the original series The Wheel of Time on Prime Video

2 Jan 2022 2:45 AM IST

Cover Image of Rupa and Gautam Gupts book Forgotten Civilisations: The Rediscovery of Indias Lost History.

Book Review | Raising a toast to 15 British men who parted veil of...

The first British who came to rule India were men of the Enlightenment with an intense curiosity

2 Jan 2022 1:25 AM IST

Cover Image od Maurice Leblancs book Arsene Lupin Gentleman Burglar (Twitter)

Book Review | Arsene Lupin versus Sherlock Holmes

The history of Lupin has an uncanny similarity with that of Sherlock Holmes in the sense the character assumed a much...

26 Dec 2021 1:46 AM IST